A midsummer fun list check-in, 2025 edition
If summer is June-July-August, then we are officially at the midpoint. That’s not true for school summer vacation (my kids ended 6/17, and they have …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Pregnancy in the spotlight with CNN’s Kristen Holmes
If you watched CNN during last year's presidential campaign, you no doubt saw Kristen Holmes plenty. Currently a senior White House correspondent for the network, …Read More
It’s still three times a week
Between travel, holidays, and the fact that it's either been really hot or really rainy lately, I haven't been running as frequently as I'd like. …Read More
A little behind on Beethoven, not shopping Prime sales, and content round-up
One of my year-long projects this year is listening to all the works of Beethoven. I follow the calendar created at The Complete Beethoven. Usually …Read More
July 4th weekend plus Boston trip
I didn’t mean to take a week off blogging, but here we are. I have been compulsively hitting refresh on news about the horrible floods …Read More
Before Breakfast welcomes The Frugal Girl!
I tend to post my content round-ups on Friday, but this week I'm getting a little jump on it. I am thrilled to welcome Kristen, …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Mid-year review, 2025
We are about halfway through the year, give or take a few days. So it's time for our annual mid-year review episode. We set various …Read More
Weekend: Lyndhurst (+solo pool time)
My 13-year-old niece was here visiting us for the last week. On Saturday I needed to get her back to her family, who live in …Read More
Early wake-ups, miscellany, sonnet
Today began very early. My two older boys needed to catch a charter bus to a competition in Nashville -- with the bus leaving at …Read More
I’m back! A quick France post
Good morning! I have not abandoned this blog. I just got back yesterday from 10 days in France with my church choir. We did four …Read More